Re: obat46 Austria
 

If referring to Post #26, Don I believe on his next post took care of that. If your talking about AMX's Post #28, I had the following myself to include the HUSAR will post here everything I'm tracking for Austria...

PANDUR 1
http://www.janes.com/article/50032/a...-pandur-i-apcs
http://www.armyrecognition.com/march...n_station.html
/http://www.forecastinternational.com/news/index.cfm?l3=30109&recno=231096
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/art...eled-apcs.html

HUSAR:
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Sec.../4001443724482

This was all I had and I haven't seen anything else that would fall into this category or any of the other ones I use. Was thinking JUNE 2015 start for at least the PANDUR 1 to allow for enough units to be fielded with the new RWS.

Regards,
Pat

Re: obat46 Austria
 

Proposed changes and additions to Austrian OOB, including updated Iveco LMV "Husar", new Pandur version and mountain infantry.

Adapted OOB attached and detailed changelog in quotes:

Re: obat46 Austria
 

I will look into this in October we we start game work again

Thanks

Don

Re: obat46 Austria
 

New Unit(s)

1.) Another "Turret Casemate" for you to add to the Austrian OBAT; a Charioteer turret inside a casemated bunker at Bunkermuseum Wurzenpass Austria.

2+3.) Two more "Tank Forts" to go with UNIT 181 Centurion Fort:

M47 and T-34/85 turrets installed on concrete pads at the Bunkermuseum Wurzenpass Austria.

Tank Turret Fortifications By Neil Short says:

56~ Charioteer Turrets were installed on concrete shelters or in casemates. Initially they were armed with the original 83.4mm gun, but some were later rearmed with the 105mm Panzerkanone M68.

T-34/85: 26~ tanks were acquired by the Army and served until the early 1960s, when they were withdrawn and given to the Sperrtruppe (Barricade Force) of the Austrian Army; and several were put in as fixed forts along the border with Austria. Apparently the preferred method of bunkerizing the T-34/85 was to simply bury the entire hull in the ground instead of simply mounting the turret on a concrete pedestal.

M-47: 147 x M47 turrets were installed as fixed fortifications. At least one (near Fort Nauders) had applique armor installed for more protection. All deactivated by 1998.

Centurion (Existing UNIT 181): The bulk of Austria's remaining centurion fleet was turret forted for about a decade -- 1990-2000~ before being removed from service.

Re: obat46 Austria
 

Here's an operational M47 Turret picture for LBM use -- if you google "Feste Anlage", you get some good stuff.

And a "cleverly" disguised centurion (I think) turret inside a fake house. I Have no idea how you'd represent this; but... still cool.

Re: obat46 Austria
 

According to the Austrian Army's page:

http://www.bundesheer.at/cms/artikel.php?ID=3655

This is a T-34/85 being pulled out of it's casemated bunker shelter for restoration. Thickness of the bunker wall(s) was 60 cm of concrete.

Re: obat46 Austria
 

Some more research has uncovered some more Austrian Bunkerized stuff:

75mm FAn M-24 with PzK L40 (from M-24 Chaffees)

24 x 15.5 cm FAn SFK M2 Long Tom (Pic Attached).

60 x 4 cm FAn FLAK 55-57 Bofors specifically along the Danube river in fixed positions to kill anything on the river. All removed 1998. (Pic of a 4 cm bunker from the inside).

24 x 10.5 cm FAn LFH 18/40 (see attached pic)

7.5cm rückstoßfreie Panzerabwehrkanone M20 -- apparently installed in special 100mm thick cupolas with an opening at the rear for use of the recoilless system.

7.62cm FAn PAK M42

Charioteer Panzerturme 105mm Upgrade: In addition to receiving the 105mm M68 gun, they also received 300 to 400mm of add-on armor.

7.62mm FAn MG-42: In enclosed armored dome.

12.7mm FAn Browning: In enclosed armored dome.

Re: obat46 Austria
 

Proposed changes to Austrian OOB, Austria is changing it's artillery organization.

Adapted OOB attached and detailed changelog in quotes:

Re: obat46 Austria
 

OK thanks, I'll look into this when we start OOB work again

Don

Re: obat46 Austria
 

More proposed changes, Austria is introducing (swedish) Haegglund snow vehicles for it's mountain troops by 2018.

The changelog and attached file include them and the changes proposed in January 2017.